Valve



Mar. 13, 1923.

D. W. SLATTERY VALVE Filed Feb. 9, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 1 ,fiweiorf g aq 5% 416g 7 mwmv mfi Mar. 13, 1923.

D. w. SLATTERY VALVE Filed Feb. 9, 1.921 2 sheets-sheet Patented Mar. 13, 1923,

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

DONALD W. SLATTEBY, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGHOB TO THE WELLKAN- BEAVER-MORGAN COMPANY, 01' CLEVELAND, OHIO, A GOBPOBA'I'IOH OF OHIO.

- VALVE.

Application filled February 9, D21. Serial 10. 448,558.

To allwlwm it may concern:

Be it'known that I, DONAID W. Sm'rrnar, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at East Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certam new and useful Improvement in Valves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 1 p -.V This invention relates to valves of the plunger type, particularly h draulic valves. is well known, hydrau ic valves of the plu ger type include an outer casing and an inner chamber supported centrally of the casing so that a water passage will be formed around the chamber, and composed of a fixed part and a movable part or-plunger with a sliding or telescoping connection with the fixed part so that it may be moved axially of the casing to open and close the valve. In these valves the plunger may-be operated in different ways, either hydraulicall or mechanically.

l'feretofore, as far as'I am aware, when it became necessary to replace, or repair any part or parts in the inner chamber, it has been necessar to shut down the plant with which the va ve is emploued, and drain the pipe line, and should the valve be of such a size that it would not be advantageous to repair it in the pipe line, it is usually necessary to remove the valve from the line for repairs. With large size valves and with the pipe line of suflicient size that a man could work in it, usually the repairs can be made by draining the pipe line and opening the chamber so that a workman may enter it and do the repairing from the interior of the valve. In either case it is necessary that the plant be shut down and the pipe line drained. However, in most.installations this cannot be done Bonveniently, and generally it can be done only under a serions handicap, and with high plant losses.

The chief. object of the present invention is to provide a construction wherein access p may be had to the interior of the inner chamber for replacement or repairs of any art therein without draining the'line n.

which the valve is used, and preferably with the valve open and water passing through the water passageway between the chamber and the casing.

Further the invention aims to provide improved means for flushing the inner chamber to clear it of silt and dirt which may have collected therein and 10d d at the bottom of the chamber, or may ave collected on the inner walls, and portions of or-sliding surfaces for the plunger or nose of the valve.

My invention may be used advantageously either in a valve of the ressure operate type, such as a valve having so-called di ferential pressure chamhers 'or one where'- in the plunger is operatedby an operating c'ylinder, such as shown in my rior a li cation, Serial No. 385,684, filed une'l, $20, or in a valve of the mechanically operated type wherein the plunger is operated by a articularly on the e latter w ich form bearing rack and pinion or other mechanical means Ill of Fig. 1; and Fig.5 is a view similar to F i 1, vs ve.

In the drawings, 10 represents "the outer casing which is circular in cross section, and may be formed in any suitable manner, such as from a casting, or partly from a casting and partly from sheet metal. The inlet end 11 and the outlet end-'12 may be ofequal or unequal sizes, but in this instance are shown of equal size, and in this case theoutlet end is rovided with a separate casting 13 attac ed to the body portion of the casing simply for convenience in assembly.

The inner chamber is supported in the outer casing by radial ribs 14, and this casing is composed of a cylindrical fixed showing a hydraulically operated stituting the plunger of the valve, and is guided by a ,sleeve'like section of the stationary portion, and alsqby the ribs 14, the plunger 16 having near its outer periphery a, seat 17 which is adapted to engage a stationary seat or ground rtion 13 adjacent the outlet end of the n V0, and in this Instance a portion of the ending 13.

The upstream and of thefixed portion 15 ortion 15 and a movable portion 16 conof the inner rhainlirr is preferably r:onieal.- and in thi 2. though not net-essarily. it is piornleil with a s parate (221;! 1%), this rap in the embodiment shown, constituting a support for a rark or water ('ylinrler to he referred to presently. The nose of the plunger is also preferably conical. and it ran he in the form of a straight rune. or flared. as may h found desirable.

Preferably the inner suriare of the stutionarv part of the inner chamber along whirh the plunger it; slides is provided with an n-corrmlible lining intlirated at 21. Likewise the guiding surfaces of the ribs are preferably covered with the HUH'CUIIOLlllJle liners.

Although previously stated, it is inr material to the principal features of my invention in whatnmnner or by what mechanism the valve is operated. in Fig. 1 raclc' and pinion gearing is provitletl for moving the plunger 16 to open and close the valve. The cup 19 at the upstream end of the inner chamber has a forwardly projecting support :22 constituting: a guide for a movable rarlt :53 whose forward end is connected by :1. Pull 24 to a boss at the center of ribs 525 east integral with the nose of the plunger. The l'tltk has a. detarhahle connection with the rear entl of the rorl. shown at 2t}. and the guide or support .52 has a removable top plate :27 so as to permit convenient replnre ment of these parts it necessary.

The rack is engaged by a pinion :28 at the lower coil of an ore-rating! shalt till whit-h eklPHtlS up through the fillillfill'dl') part of the inner chamber and out to ihe exterior of the raising: 10. the shaft being supported in a shaft hearing or sleeve 30.

An equalizing pipe 31 is preferably eniployetl for the purpose of maintaining at all times in the inner vhamher the same pres sure that exists on the nose of the plunger, so that tlnopening or rinsing of the valve will not iw lllrlh'tlll in any way by a variation f pressure on the nose of the valve. as i'n'ii ilrsrrihetl in any prior applit'ation ahow aiimtml lo and lai'ozully (lztiIUtfl there in. This equalizing pipe l whirl: is preter- "lji' pro'viilrtl with it shuts? at one Val i? I enil is i'onnrrteil to the interior of the casing itl close to the stationary valve seat l3, anil at itsother entl is i'lmIlQl'tHl by means of a port or passageway :33 to the interior of the inner rhaniher. roinposvil oi the parts 15' ninl l6,

(Inning now to the important feature of the invention hy whirh aireess is proviilwl from the exterior of the easing 16, to the in not chamber. 1 provide for this purpose what may he t rmed an arress Clifitl lliQI or well extending from the exterior of the easing 10. preferably at the top thereof, to the inner chamber across the water passageway between the casing Bnrl chamber. This well which is designated 3- in i upright walls 37; integral with the easing 1 and stationary part 1:: of the inner chainrail or elongated well 3} so as not to interfere with' the free flow of water tl'irough the water passageway, and preferably the outer easing 1U somewhat enlarged in the region of this access well so as to compensate for the spare occupied by this well and its surrounding wall and permit the water to flow through the easing vfrom one end to the other with uniform velocity.

J n this instance the top of the access well 34 is normally closed by the cover 36 which will be fastened down by screws or bolts to the (using 10, and preferably the pinion shaft is brought up through this access well and the port or passageway 33 which eonnewts the equalizing pipe 3 to the inner chamber is likewise brought through this aeress well. In this instance the hearing 30 of the pinion shaft and the port or passage way 33 are formed integral w th the never 36 so that after the pipe 31 1s a'iisronnectetl from the rover the pinion and its shaft. the hearing for the shaft and the rover 36 nan he removed a a unit from the valve.

The relative sizes of the top opening of the arress well which is closed by the cover. aml the lower opening where the arress well rrnnninnieates with the inner oil-amber l5. may he anything desired. and will depend in large measure upon the design of the valve. hut in this instanre the top opening is somewhat larger than the bottom opening, the bottom opening; being: in this case rirrular and ieceiving a rirrular enlargement 3? of the casting inrluiling the'bover :ll'ltl the shaft hearing 30 and mssageway 33 so as to reptralize and form a firm support lo] the pinion shaft anti its hearing.

in any event. the HiKeF' well Fi iincluding: its top aiul bottom openings ill he of siitrh a size that when the top of the (-over and the parts extending: (iun'ti through the art-ens well to the interior of the valve are rtunoveel. awess ran he hatl to the inner rhaniber for replarenwnt or repairs of any part within it. am] for removal of any of the operating parts in the chamber. In this ltlhtfil'll(...tllt eover Ill and parts east integral with the pinion anel its shaft may be withdrawn as a unit from the valve. after whirh the rackran he loosened and removed. if necessary, and the same is true of other parts in the imlerrchaml'ier. For relatively small valves thisreplaeing or repairing can be done from the exterior of the casing 10 by reaching down into the well, but on relatively large valves the well with its top anil hottom openings will be large enough to permit a cover and communicates with the workman to pass down throu h them into the egrpression access well by which expression I mean swell throu h which access maybe. had to the inner cham r for replacement or repairs with the work done from-the exterior through the well, or by a workman in the in chamber in which event the size of the we 'andthe construction'are such as to permit a w an to enter the inner chamber throu the well. 1.

It has already been stated that my invention has the same utility with .h draulic' ally operated valves as-with mec anically operated valves, and in Fi 5 I have shown a valve which is in the main like that shown in Fi 1, but in this instance the valve is mover to o en and closed osition b 'a water cylin er'40 located an support in the inner chamber. In thiscase the cylinder has flanges 41 on its sides. These flanges rest on, and are bolted to arms 42 which are cast integral with therap 19 on the stationary part 15 of the inner chamber. The cylinder contains a working dpiston 43, having a plunger'44 which is etachably connected at 45 to a rod 46 which corresponds to the rod 24 of Fig. 1, and at its forward end is connected to the nose of the plunger 16.

This valve, like'the one first described, has an access and inspection well, here designated 47, and as in the first case, extending from the outer casing down through the main water passageway surrounding the inner chamber into the inner chamber. The top of the well 47 is normally closed by a cover 48 bolted in place, and in this instance the equalizing pipe 31 is attached to the inner chamber through the well 47. Likewise this well forms a convenient passageway for the pipes 49 and 50 which are required to supply water ressure to and exhaust it from opposite si es of the piston 43. With these pipes any suitable control valve may be utilized to supply pressure to one side of the piston and to simultaneously exhaust pressure from the opposite side. In this case the pipes 49 and 50 pass through stufling box glands 51 in the cover, and at their lower ends are attached to bosses on the water cylinder 44).

It will be seen that after the equalizing pipe 31 is disconnected from the cover 48 and the cover itself is loosened from the casing 10,the cover with thestuliing box glands can be slid off the pipes 49 and 50, after which the pipes 49 and 50 can be removed. Should it be desired to remove the cylinder 40. this can be done by loosening the bolts attaching it in place, disconnecting the plunger 44 from the rod 46, and by then lifting the cylinder out'through the well. In small-valves this can'be done from the exterior of the casi g, but for large valves the well will be m e sufliciently large for the entrance of a workman into the inner chamber.

To render effective the application of the inspection and access well. to lungei't valves of the mechanical] or dra'nlica y o'perated type as exemplifiiid by the two constructio'ns herein illustrated, it is, thatthe inner chamber be emptied of .Watcr and that the flow or passage of water through the clearance between the'movablc,

and stationary parts 16 and 15 of the inner chambgr' be wholly or substantially wholly sto pe 'rdinarily there would be a considerable flow of water into the inner chamber from the exterior through the clearance s cc above referred to, butby the features w ieh I will now describe, 1 am enabled to practically entirely the inner cham passageway between the inner chamber and the outer casing so that it will be both convenient and absol replacement or repairs by a workman inside the inner chamber.

These features include the provision of a drainage rt 52 through a slight enlargement'in t e' lowermost rib 14 as shown in Figs. 1. 2 and 5, which ort extends from the inner chamber throng the outer casin and has connected to it a drainage pipe 5 controlled by a valve 54. By opening the valve 54 the water can be drained from the inner chamber. Likewise these features provide for clearing the lower part of the chamber f silt or dirt which may have collected therein. 7

Additionally an annular shoulder 55 is provided on the fixed art 15 of the inner chamber. which shoul er is adapted be engaged by a packing or other seat 5 carried by the inneriend of the plunger or movable part 16 of the valve, when the valve is in full open position shown in 1 and Engagement of the parts 55 and 56 ob-' viously prevents leakage of water to the in ner chamber, and if a slight amount should enter the chamber it would be of no consequence since the drain 53 would carry it off.

In. connection with these parts "list described, I provide another feature 0 importance, this being the provision of means for clearingthe surfaces of the inner and outersliding parts 15 and 16 of the valve of siltpzevent the fiow'of water into" r when the valve is in full open position and water is flowing through. t e

utely safe to make the groove being formed just outside of the shoulder 55 or outside that part thereof which is engaged by the packing or seat 56. in other words, the groove is in line with the clearance space between the sliding surfaces of the two parts of'the valve. Addi' tionally 1 provide at the bottom of the groove a port 58 which connects the groove with the port or passagrcuay 5:2. 'lhcre fore, whenever the valve 5-1- is opened, tho groove 57 is flushed and thoroughly cleaned of any foreign matter in it. This flushing feature can he made use of whenever it is desired to clear the inner chamber of silt or iii] ureign niatter, ii'respective of whether it is desired to make use of the inspection and access Well for the purpose of replacement or repairs.

Therefore, by the provision of the above mentioned featurcs when the valve is in full open position and the water is drained from the inner chamber by opening the Valve 54. the well can be opened and the operating: parts disronnccted or I't'IIHH'Wl if neces ary from the exterior of the asing or by a workman inside the inner chamber and this run he done with absolntc sat ety both to Hit workman and to the vain for the reason that tho pressure on the nose of the plunger created by the flow of water through the water passageway surrounding the innor chamber and the nhsenre of pressure inside the rharnber eliminate entirely the danger of the valve closing. I

Thus it will be seen that I havc provided an improvement of great prhctical ,iiuportunce in plunger operated valvi s by the provision of means for the inspvction, replarw ment or repairs of any pints inside tluin nor chamber without the nervssity l'or draining the pipe line and shutting down tinpiant with which the pipe lino is uscd. and without even stopping the flow of water through the pipe line by the closurc of thc valve. and also by the provision of moans for flushing silt or dirt from thc inncr rhurulmr and of clearing it from the walls.

It might be mentioned in conclusion that with the pressurc (JiWlHtkll valve shown in Fig. 5 the pipe M) which supplies pressure to the front end of the l'ylinder during thr opening; movement of thc valve nnd cxhnusts it from tho front side during the closing movement is ummrctvd by a port designated 56 to the cyiindrr, this port bcinp prefer ably so loratcd that just as tho valve is about to seat or reach its i'uli rloscd position this port is partially closvd by the piston so as to provide a cushioning ciiect which further enhances the quiet suiting: of the valve.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a. valve of the plunger type, an outer casing. an inner chamber supported in the casing so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and the chamber and composcd of ruiutivciy movable parts, and an across \Wll (xii-riding troin thc ontvr casing across suid \vatvr passugvway to thc inner rhaulbcr.

2. in a valrc oi' tlnpinn gcr typc. an outer casing. an iHIlH! rhuinba-r supportcd rvntrally within thei'tlSHlfj thcrcb r providing an annular \vzitcr p11 mnhrtuwn liu' casing and thc rhnndwr. said iliilli it'i' iii-in coluposcd of a stutimiut) put and :i EIHHEI- hle nose or plunger. an arrests \vcil extruding from thc outer raising ai-ross said possum way to thc iuucr chanihcr. and nicans l'or draining nah-i from 1hr rhanilwix It. in a valvc of thc plungvr t vpm an outcr casing. an inucr rhainimr supporlcd centrally within tho casing tln-rclnroviding: an annular \vidrr pnssagl bctvwcu tin casing and thc l|2tlIl| l! aid iluandwi living ('(illillUHifi of a stationary "g and :1 movablc nose or plungcr on in ms or-ii l-xt n i in;' from tho outhr casing zivross said paissagcway to llniniu-r t'liitili ttl. hid well whcriit hridgvs thc \i'ztlli't pussagcnsr in'tligj clongruted in iiH' dii'wtion o! thc \alwn 4. in n i'ulvc of thc plung'ci typuunoutr rasing. an lIllWI' chambcr oip ortcd substantially cvntraily in thc f'ilFlHLf so id to provido a watvr passagcnu i' hntn'rcn [hr casing and thc chandu-r. sold liainln! lic ing roinposcd of z: lixi-d purt :iul IIl W iliiP nosior piunnvr. an nrv s will M nding from the casing arross said pn say 'narv lo the imlcr erliainlu-r and including a wall hridggln; said iassagmiuv and antrgra! with the ruslng and with tinliscd pair! o! said iuncr rhandu'r.

f1. in a \ulw of tlw piungcr i vpc. an outvr (using and an inncr rhaiolwr supportod substantially centrally within in? rasing so as to providc a unicr passagmrsrv ln-tuwn tlnrinsing and (iHUHiNI' and coinposcd ol' a lixvd part und nnn'abh' nosr or pluugjcr. inczins for shifting thc imsv or plnngcr and including on: or mow lh rirrs oxtvndiug arrowtho pin-sagvnn to the oul r sidc of 2hr 1-:isiiigf. on aucss \wll rstcuding from thrrai-iug HI 1h iifiiwi part of said inncr rhaanhcr ay-ross said natiopas sagcway. said dcvicfl ri"llt l('t vslcuding through suid n'cll.

(3. in a \illVl' oi Lhc plunyvr typo. ii rus ing a rhainbcr supporlvd inside ihc I ing so as to providc n watvr pn sugr-wujr ln. twven thc casing and ('lHlIllit'l. said chumlwr being colnposcd oi a iixml part and u piungcr slidinggly vngagjn i tho iixml part. an a ross Wtii cxlvnding IUIHHS snhl passagw way from the raising to tho iixvd part of the inncr chaiuhcr, and incans for pin-touting tln flow of water tothc inner rhamhcr by lcal age bvtween the fixed part and plunger of thc chmnbor when the valve isin full opt-n position. i i

7. In a valve of'the plunger type, an outer casing, an inner chamber supported substantially centrally therein so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and the chamber and composed of a fixed part and a movable part slidingly engaging the fixed part, an access well extending across said passageway from the outer casing to the fixed part of the inner chamber, means for draining water from the inner chamber, and means for preventing leakage of water between the fixed and movable parts of the inner chamber when the valve is in full open position.

8. In a valve of the plunger type, an outer casing, an inner chamber composed of a fixed part and a movable part slidingly engaging the fixed part, said chamber being supported in the casing so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and the chamber. said fixed and movable parts of the chamber having portions which abut when the valve is full open so as to prevent the passage of water to the inner chamber through the clearance s ace between the fixed and movable parts 0 the chamber, and means for flushing the clearance space to free the same of foreign matter which may have collected on the relatively sliding surfaces.

9. In a valve of the plunger type, an outer casing, an inner chamber supported substantially centrally in the casing so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and the chamber and composed of a fixed part and a movable part slidingly engaging the fixed part, the fixed part having an annular abutment adapted to be engaged by the end of the movable part when the valve is in full open position so as to revent the leakage of water into the inner c amber through the clearance between the stationary 10. In a valve of the plunger type, an

outer casing, an inner chamber supported in the casing so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and chamber and composed of a fixed part and a movable part in the form of a plunger slidingly engaging the fixed part, an equalizing pipe havin a shut-oifvalve and communicating with t e inner chamber and adapted to communicate with a point in the water-line so as to normally maintain substantially the same pressure inside the chamber as exists exteriorly on the nose of the plunger, and an access well extending from the casing to the inner chamber.

1.1. In a valve of the plunger type, an outer casing, an inner chamber supported in the casing so as to provide a water passageway between the casing and chamber and composed of a fixed part a d a movable part in the form of a plunger slidingly engaging the fixed part, an equalizing pipe havin a shut-off valve and communicating with t e inner chamber and adapted to communicate with a point in the water-line so as to normally maintain substantially. the same pressure inside the chamber as exists exteriorly on the nose of the plunger, an access well extending from the casing to the inner chamber, and means for draining the inner chamber.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my DONALD W. SLATTERY.

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